The free Champs-Élysées and Arc de Triomphe programme for Thursday 31 December 2026, the club nights with a published page, free night transport, and what is still unannounced.
This post answers one question: what is confirmed for New Year's Eve 2026 in Paris, and how do you get around? It covers the free Champs-Élysées evening with the Arc de Triomphe show, the Île-de-France night transport, and the club nights with a published page for Thursday 31 December 2026.
Parts are still unannounced in late October: the Ville de Paris has not published its detailed programme, and La Machine du Moulin Rouge and Rex Club show no 31 December date. The 2025/26 pattern is given where a source states it.
Facts checked on 25 October 2026. New Year's Eve line-ups, prices and sold-out status change often and many are announced in November and December, so confirm on the organiser page before you book.
The Paris tourist office lists the evening for 31 December 2026 on the avenue des Champs-Élysées between the Arc de Triomphe and Place de la Concorde (75008). The avenue is closed to traffic from 19:00 and entry is free. The finale is a video mapping show, a countdown and fireworks; a second listing gives the Arc de Triomphe timings of 23:50 for the mapping and midnight for about 10 minutes of fireworks.
The main entrance is Place de la Concorde, with others on avenue Montaigne, avenue Matignon and avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt. Prohibited items are weapons, sharp objects, glass bottles, alcohol, fireworks, helmets and means of transport, and dogs are not allowed. The page gives no capacity, artists or music credits for 2026.
The Ville de Paris communiqué for 31 December 2025 set the pattern: the avenue opened at 19:00 with arrival advised before 21:00, there were 14 public access points, the Arc de Triomphe mapping started at 23:50 and the fireworks opened on a white flash at midnight. Music was by Ena Eno and André Manoukian, the mapping ended on John Lennon's "Imagine", alcohol sales were banned around the avenue, and France 2 broadcast it live. The city's practical page adds that traffic was restricted in the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements from 15:00, and that Charles de Gaulle-Étoile and Argentine stations closed from 14:00, a dozen more from 16:00 and Ternes at 00:10, with most reopening around 01:00. None of this is confirmed for 2026.
YOYO hosts "Famous New Year Yoyo, Palais de Tokyo The Big Party 2027" at 13 avenue du Président Wilson, 75016, from 22:00 to 05:00, with special guest DJ Souly and a 1,000 m² dancefloor playing a mix from the 1980s to today (house, R&B, disco-funk, dance, salsa). Bottles are €150 in presale; no entry price or age limit is shown, and priority-access presale is recommended on Shotgun.
Bridge Club, 3 Port des Champs-Élysées, 75008, bills a hip-hop night with 2,500 VIPs. The listing says 22:00 to 05:00 and the description 06:00. Entry is €60 at the door, subject to availability and including one drink; presale is "very strongly" recommended and no DJs are named. Two more Shotgun pages list a Latino night at the Chalet du Lac in the Bois de Vincennes (two rooms, 22:00 to 05:00, no price) and a "smart and chic" night at Solum on Pont Alexandre III (resident DJ IKKA, presale only, 22:00 to 05:00).
The tourist office page for 2026 states that public transport is free throughout Île-de-France from 17:00 on 31 December to 12:00 on 1 January, and that metro lines 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 and 14 and RER A to E run all night. The Île-de-France Mobilités page found covers 2025/26: free "except airport areas", with RER A and B serving all stations and RER C, D and E only in part. Not every station is served overnight, so check your line in December.
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No. The tourist office lists the evening and the Arc de Triomphe show as free, with the avenue open from 19:00.
No. Sortiraparis states that no fireworks are fired from the Eiffel Tower on 31 December, apart from the 2000 millennium. Its display is on 14 July.
Only Bridge Club does, at €60 at the door including one drink. YOYO shows €150 bottle packages in presale; the Chalet du Lac and Solum pages show no price.
